Sir William Clarke of Wrotham, Knight1

Male, #8902, (1608 - 29 Jun 1644)

Parent*Sir John Clarke Baron of the Exchequer1 (c 1586 - 22 Aug 1644)
Parent*Elizabeth Stede1 (c 1589 - )
Sir William Clarke of Wrotham, Knight|b. 1608\nd. 29 Jun 1644|p8902.htm|Sir John Clarke Baron of the Exchequer|b. circa 1586\nd. 22 Aug 1644|p8904.htm|Elizabeth Stede|b. circa 1589|p8903.htm|||||||Sir William Stede of Harrietsham, Knight|b. say 1566|p8441.htm|Cicely Culpeper|b. circa 1567|p8440.htm|

Birth*1608 William was born in 1608. 
 He was the son of Sir John Clarke Baron of the Exchequer and Elizabeth Stede.1 
Marriage*7 Jan 1636 He married Mary Culpeper at Hollingbourne, co. Kent, England, on 7 Jan 1636. 
Death*29 Jun 1644 He died at Cropedy, Oxfordshire, England, on 29 Jun 1644. 
Biography* "Sir William Clarke descended from a baron of the Exchequer temp. Henry VI (Hasted, ii, 239), and, through his mother, who was a Stede, from John Culpeper of Wigsell, was a true 'Kentish Sir Byng.' Clarendon (Rebellion, iv, 504) records his death at Cropredy Bridge on the Cherwell in Oxfordshire, June 29, 1644, aet. 36, when in a glorious victory 'we lost two colonels, Sir William Boteler and Sir William Clarke, both gentlemen of Kent, of fair fortunes, who had raised and armed their regiments at their own charge and were both killed dead upon the place.'
     "A younger brother of this Sir William, shown on the Clarke pedigree certified at the Visitation of Kent, 1619, as 'John aet. 5, 1619,' died in Virginia, 1644, when Edward Wyatt administered upon his estate (W. & M. Quar., iii, 37)."2 
Biography Sir William Clark--the son of Sir John Clark and Elizabeth Stede--had two siblings: John and Cecilia. He married Mary Culpeper, and they had at least two children: Mary and Cecilia.1 

Family

Mary Culpeper (before 3 Jan 1612 - )
Children

Charts Charlemagne's Descendants, Part 2: William Malet to Henry Culpeper of Lower Norfolk
Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations
Last Edited 19 Apr 2006

Citations

  1. Robert H. Goodsall, Stede Hill, London: Headley Brothers, 1949.
    chart after p. 40.
  2. Fairfax Harrison, The Proprietors of the Northern Neck - Chapters of Culpepper Genealogy, Richmond, VA: The Old Dominion Press (Privately printed), 1926, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN Film #929429. Transcription available online at: http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/nneck/default.htm.
  3. E-mail from Lea Dowd, e-mail address to Warren Culpepper, Mar 2006.
    Deposition by Dame Elizabeth Culpepper of Grays Inn Lane, London, to the Lord Mayors Court of London, 12 Dec 1671.